![]() I love Halo farms, that said, I do find that a number of the cashiers and shelf stockers can be reasonably rude and indifferent. ![]() Halo may be 10 miles from where I live, but I go there at least every other week for ice cream, milk, and yogurt (La Yogurt brand whole milk yogurt is sold there, also hormone and antibiotic free, but without the marketing label “organic”). A lot of organic milk is shelf stable, aka can be stored under your bed or in the pantry, but sold in the refridgerated section because that’s where Americans buy milk it could just as well be sold in the juice box aisle but the manufacturers pay for it to be refrigerated. It’s basically canning the milk by high heat, which makes it taste funny if you’re used to fresh milk. The ONLY way milk can be stable for 30-60 (or more) days is through ultra high temperature, UHT, pasteurization (sometimes called ultra pasteurized). It’s not preservatives, but pasteurization methods. ![]() Someone else mentioned not being able to keep Halo milk for weeks–even standard fresh milk doesn’t last a month. The farmers who provide milk to Halo pledge to keep their dairy cows hormone and antibiotic free, which is the reason people buy organic. That would raise the cost of the product. In a nutshell, it costs at least $3-10k plus at least a 3 year wait plus random product checks to get the organic label in the first place, plus annual dues. ![]() I love Halo ice cream & milk, but the dairy isn’t organic because they haven’t paid for the rights to put the marketing symbol for organic products onto their packaging. Together they make a fascinating, quick outing with the kids. Halo Farm is directly next door to the Trenton Farmer’s Market. If you’re bringing the kids, you might want to call ahead to find out if the line is in operation. The kids will be fascinated watching the machinery filling and sealing carton after carton of dairy product. It’s also a fun outing with the kids, especially if the packaging line is running. Halo Farm is the place to go if you’re catering a kid’s event (like a team picnic, or a 4th of July party). It’s not quite the butterfat content of a super-premium ice cream like Hagen Daz, but it’s still darn tasty ice cream at half the price. There are a couple of dozen flavors that come in pint containers, and a few (standard) flavors that come in gallon tubs. The “Seventh Heaven” ice cream is worth special mention. Halo has survived by offering good quality dairy products (including all different varieties of milk, including lactose free, plus orange juice, iced team, lemonade, eggs, and importantly ICE CREAM) at warehouse prices. By the 1970s, the local milkman delivering to your door had virtually disappeared. Then, some time in the 1960s, supermarkets invested in refrigerated bins, while refrigerated tanker-trucks enabled long-distance transport of fresh milk. Halo Farm reminds us of an era when most milk products were distributed by local dairies. Whatever, the place itself is pretty good. 1 crows about Halo Farm: “World’s Largest Micro-Dairy!” Huh? Is the copywriter’s tongue-planted-in-cheek, or is this “non-claim, claim” a post-millennium echo of Watergate’s “non-denial, denial”? Open every day, 7AM - 11PM, except ChristmasĪ prominent billboard on Rte.
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